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AP Lang Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rhetorical Situations | The set circumstances that surrounds any piece of writing or speech |
| Speaker | The voice that narrates a story |
| Rhetoric | The art of effective, persuasive speaking |
| Audience | A group of people listening to the story |
| Purpose | The reason the author writes the text |
| Context | The background, setting that gives a text full meaning |
| Exigence | The urgent problem or issue, or spark that makes someone write or speak out |
| Style | A unique way the author uses to tell the story |
| Tone | The attitude or feeling of an AUTHOR |
| Mood | The overall feeling or emotional atmosphere (AUDIENCE creates this) |
| Motif | An image, sound action, or ideas that repeats |
| Modes of Discovers | The different ways a character and the reader uncover hidden truths, gains knowledge |
| Description | A spoken or written account (sensor details) |
| Narration | The act of telling a story |
| Argument | A main idea or claim that supports with reasons |
| Exposition | Background information the author gives |
| Rhetorical Appeals | The strategies speakers and writers use to persuade an audience |
| Ethos | Character's credibility |
| Pathos | Emotive language |
| Logos | Audience's sense of logic + intellect |
| Stylistic + structural devices | Special tools writers use to shape language and organize text for a stronger effect |
| Syntax | Arrangement of words, phrases + clauses |
| Diction | Arrangement of words (word choice) |
| Anaphora | A word or phrases is repeated at the beginning of a successive clauses, phrases, or sentences |
| Antithesis | 2 opposite or contrasting ideas side by side in a balanced, matching sentence structure |
| Juxtaposition | Placement of 2 or more characters, setting, ideas, or words side-by-side |
| Periodic Sentence | Places its main idea or main clause at the very end |
| Loose sentence | Starts with its main idea + then adds extra details, phrases, or clauses |
| Syllogism | 3 part logical argument where 2 statements are combined to reach a specific conclusion |
| Figurative language | The use of words in a non-literal way to express a creative, imaginative, or deeper meaning |
| Imagery | The use of vivid, descriptive language |
| Irony | A contrast between expectation + reality |
| Hyperbole | EXTREME exaggeration |
| Allusion | A brief, indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or story |
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